BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series) | 
| Authors: Leslie P Gartner, James L Hiatt, Judy M Strum
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 0.3
ISBN: 0781785774
Dewey Decimal Number: 611.018076
EAN: 9780781785778
ASIN: 0781785774
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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This Fifth Edition continues the BRS tradition of an outline-format review for USMLE and course exams, with review questions at the end of each chapter and a comprehensive USMLE-format examination at the end of the book. Each chapter also features a high-yield section on clinical correlations. The book is concise and well illustrated, with line drawings and electron micrographs. This edition features updated content, additional electron micrographs, new conceptual line drawings, and review questions in current USMLE format. Additional multiple-choice questions, photomicrographs, and electron micrographs for further review will be available online at thePoint.
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 Not a good idea to get this book! August 16, 2008
First of all, most medical schools require cell biology before marticulation. If you don't have it as an undergraduate, you only get a week or two of it. For a class that is so short, this book is way over the top. It is long and detailed. It really is a cell bio text in bullet points more than anything, and I am even more critical of the histology portion. It lacks in pitures, which is an absolute must for histology! In the long run, this book is going to become more of a burden than anything. Save yourself the trouble and use another source. For Histology, I recommend Wheaters functional atlas. It is light on text, heavy on pictures, and gets the job done better than this book. For cell biology, I still have not found a great source, but I would recommend checking out at another source before chaining yourself to this one.
 Better than Kaplan's review for Histology. June 29, 2008
A must have. Really important and understandable facts in the light of USMLE. I'm reading some other books on this subject too, and I have inferred that this one is very good.
Very good for Histology May 27, 2008
This book is broken into systems and has nice board related pathology info at the end of each chapter. Exp: The Chapter on Neuro Histology will give you a clear understanding of the histo, physio, and then give pathology examples such as what happens when there is demyelination->MS.
I was never taught histology, but this book is so well laid out, I could make the correlation between histo, phys, and path. Excellent resource if you want to understand histo in a short period of time. I see where other people say it's not high-yield enough. That may be true. But what's the point of memorizing specific details if you don't understand the big concepts they pertain to. If you have a strong background in histo then I would recommend something else.
I just feel this book has made me understand phyio and path so much better. It's like biochem. Gives you better insight on the mechanisms of pathophys. I was very disappointed with BRS Phys, but BRS Cell Bio and Histo is the real deal. I would scrap BRS Phys and just buy the Histo one.
First year med student February 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have used many of the BRS books for class (the physio one is great!), but this one I found to be confusing and disorganized. It was not pertinent to the material covered on the USMLE or in microbio. I would probably recommend finding another book to study with (in our school we studied more hitsology than cell bio, so it depends on your curriculum).
Good for class- too long for the Boards March 31, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you are a starting MS1 this is a good book to use for class as it has alot of good detail condensed in an outline format. It comes with a CD that has been quite helpful. However, when it comes to the Boards is just too big of a book for a subject that is not high yield- think about it- this book is just as big as BRS Path. Do you really have that much time to read a low yield subject? No. So instead for Histo- I recommend using a smaller book to review for the boards: I recommed Road Maps: Histo as opposed to High Yield Histo.
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